Registered General Nurse - Accident and Emergency

Company:  Medacs Healthcare
Location: Chorley
Closing Date: 18/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Client Name: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

Role: Band 5 Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Rates: £15.18 - £33.16

Shifts: Flexible hours, with shifts available throughout the day, night and at weekends.

Benefits:

Competitive pay rates First sight of agency nursing shifts across multiple trusts Block bookings in your favourite locations Excellent support from your own dedicated consultant Revalidation support 24/7/365 service - we're available when you need us The two main hospital sites serve around 370,000 people from the Chorley, South Ribble and Preston areas. Working alongside a friendly, welcoming team of dedicated professionals, you will be utilising these resources to provide emergency treatment and ongoing medical care of the highest calibre to patients.

Patient focus

Your clinical knowledge and experience will help you to support seriously ill patients and their families throughout what can be a stressful and uncertain time. You will be carrying out essential tasks such as taking blood and undertaking patient observations for post-surgery patients as well as emergency admissions and planned admissions. Your calm, reassuring nature and methodical approach to tasks will ensure patients feel safe and reassured.

General key skills

In addition to your qualifications, as a Band 5 Registered Nurse, you will have:

quick thinking abilities patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations excellent attention to detail a methodical approach to tasks excellent timekeeping the ability to work well and under pressure empathy and understanding a flexible attitude a desire to learn and improve active listening skills the ability to use a computer competentlyMain Duties/Responsibilities

As a Band 5 Registered Nurse with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, you will:

Provide constant monitoring and care for patients in a seriously ill or unstable condition. Actively support emergency admissions, planned admissions and post-surgery patients and their families, communicating clinical information using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding. Safely identify, prepare, check, and assemble equipment required for the relevant operating list. Adhere to the NMC professional Code of Conduct. Take blood/fit a cannula and undertake patient observations (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration rate and oxygen level) as patient need dictates throughout the shift. Write care plans, perform assessments, and make referrals. Organise admissions and discharges to and from the ward.Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

Essential

Be a Registered Nurse. At least 2 years post-graduate experience. 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years. You will need to pass an enhanced background check.

Patient focus

If you are ready to demonstrate your nursing skills and passion for patient care in this Band 5 Registered Nurse role, we can't wait to hear from you. Apply today
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